Morning

We went to the Transporation Museum this morning. I know that doesn't sound terribly exciting, but we really enjoyed it. It isn't free. Six bucks per adult, free four and under, four bucks per kid over four. I think that is a little pricey (because I am cheap), but it is a great place. Really well kept. Nice picnic tables to enjoy some lunch. A great gift shop with a ton of fun kids' books and toys. They have this huge room with murals and a big ship to climb on and hands on transportation-type toys - but it was closed. A kind older man who worked there let us in to see it. That is another reason why I liked this place. Everyone was so friendly.


I love anything you can tour - like the Biltmore mansion, Versailles, docked war ships, anything old especially. And especially anything that has a bathroom. I love seeing what bathrooms looked like. (I'm wierd.) We got to tour a private car on one of the trains. You couldn't buy a ticket to ride on it; you had to know who owned it. There was a lounge to entertain your guests, a dining car, sleeping quarters, a kitchen, and of course bathrooms. In the smaller rooms the toilet was in the room but had a cushion lid that looked like a small chair - to disguise it. Kind of fancy (if you are from East Tennessee). The bottom picture is me and O in the kitchen - they kept vegetables warm in those holes - in containers of course.

The first two pictures and this one are inside the engine car. You wouldn't believe all the levers and knobs, etc. It is very intimidating. Mike's grandfather was a conductor and his great grandfather was an engineer. If you want a fun kids book about trains you can check out Lois Lenski's Engineer Small from the library. (All her books are good.)


It wasn't just trains they had a big building of cars too.